The Manipur Town and Country Planning (Second Amendment) Act, 1976

(1) This Act may be called the Manipur Town and Country Planning (Second Amendment) Act, 1976. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act, 'Principal Act' means the Manipur Town and Country Planning Act, 1975.

In sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Principal Act, after clause (j) the following new clause (k) shall be added :— "(k) Two officers of the State Government to be nominated by the State Government. — Members"

(1) The existing provisions of Section 11 of the Principal Act shall be numbered as sub-section (1). (2) A new sub-section (2) shall be added after sub-section (1) of section 11 namely :— "(2) A member removed under clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) shall not be eligible for re-appointment or re-nomination, as the case may be."

After sub-section (1) of Section 18 of the Principal Act, the following sub-section (1A) shall be added :— "(1A) The Authority shall have the power to execute Public Housing Projects and to dispose of the houses so constructed on terms and conditions approved by the State Government."

(1) In sub-section (2) of Section 18 of the Principal Act the words “the utilisation of” shall be deleted. (2) A new proviso shall be added to sub-section (2) of Section 18 of the Principal Act namely :—— "Provided further that if in the opinion of the State Government, any State Khas lands can be more appropriately used by the State Government it may exempt such Khas lands from the provision of this sub-section."

In sub-section (5) of Section 29 of the Principal Act the figure “27” shall be substituted by the figure “26.”

(1) The provisos to sub-section (2) of Section 33 of the Principal Act shall be deleted and the words, “Chief Town Planner” shall be substituted by the words “State Government” in the remaining portion of the sub-section. (2) The following provisos shall be added after sub-Section (2) of Section 33 of the Principal Act :— "Provided that in case the State Government approves the modification, it shall cause the modification to be published in the Official Gazette by the Chief Town Planner, in the prescribed manner ; Provided further that in case the State Government approves of the Withdrawal, it shall cause the fact to be notified in the Official Gazette by the Chief Town Planner."

In the proviso to sub-section (2) of Section 34 of the Principal Act the figure “88” shall be substituted by the figure “28.”

In Section 44 of the Principal Act the figure “41” shall be substituted by the figure “43”.

Section 46 of the Principal Act shall be deleted.

(1) A new sub-section (1) shall be added to Section 73 of the Principal Act namely :— "(1) No Court inferior to the court of a Judicial Magistrate 1st Class shall take Cognizance of an offence under this Act." (2) The existing provisions of Section 73 of the Principal Act shall be numbered subsection (2).

In clause (iv) of sub-section (2) of Section 90 of the Principal Act, the figure “54” shall be substituted by the figure “53”.